nealehowells
'urban art development' U.A.P 2003
urban art development is a project that brings together the best of
contemporary art practice and explores the way it can be exhibited.
this project was initiated by artist neale howells who found ways of
finding an attention for work in a refreshing new way. these urban
areas were subjugated to the showing of paintings at a place that would
have been left unnoticed and unrealised...
this project was conceived when it became obvious to me that our galleries
were becoming the detriment of art. for me art was being trivialised
by the monotonous four walls of our galleries; they don't examine or
even explore what art actual is or reflect why artists help to make
art. this means that for galleries to exist in our times there needs
to be more rationalisation, 'ART NEEDS TO PROCEED OR DIE'.
where we belong in contemporary art is a hundred years form when collage
was being introduced, an art form that my art teacher ian wagstaff
once quoted as 'an art form that hasn't been bettered'. how many art
pundits still use the term 'MODERN ART' to reference
work being produced now. this I could assume is because art perception
hasn't really changed in the last century, this may be true, but for
a lot of us this is our new century. for the first time in over a hundred
year a new generation of people will experience and make this century
they're own. they may be the ones that will start the new 'terms' and
be referred to further up the timeline.. art for me has become stale,
maybe it is the way it is shown here or perhaps the way it is accommodated
by technicians or maybe it just doesn't speak loud enough. as I have
mentioned before art galleries were once feared as a corrupted force
on society yet now our outside world is that force and the galleries
the safe place. taking art into the new aesthetic or 'urban decay'
we can now re-approach exhibiting art, recreate its excitement and
revalue the intensity that it may have lost. 'urban art' resembles
what this generation want and perhaps need. the breed that lives in
a world that has beauty in death, that has aesthetics in decay; art
is a celebration of life that is all, don't let anybody tell you different.
if you are fighting the elements like the rain and wind then believe
in yourself. if you are fighting the destruction of work by elements
beyond your control then embrace them.. distinguishing what is real
for some people is realising that we all perceive things differently
and unclear. it is our brains that sorts out the information into universal
thoughts for all of us to share. when promoting this project people
have the chance to exchange in the extraordinary world we call art,
I believe to let them succeed where before they would fail. the introduction
of such projects not only promotes our urban development but our cerebral
one as well.. the difference we should make in viewing art is instead
of asking 'what is it' we should be saying 'why am I looking'....
'urban
art project' was carried out by artist neale howells working in Briton
ferry of neath, s.wales. sites found and used varied from underneath
the new bridge linking the M4 over neath river, neath council funded
workshops that were vandalised and exterior factory walls.. project
date are from 1st march to 1st June 2003. the U.A.P will be documented
and exhibited at the Washington gallery tel 02920 712100 in the near
future details to be confirmed...
other art site linking to artist http://artinwales.250x.com/Neale.Howells.htm
nealehowells will be exhibiting new work
at the phoenix gallery Brighton June 6th 2003 tel 01273 603700
